lamb's ears


noun, plural lamb's ears.

a hardy Middle Eastern plant, Stachys byzantina, of the mint family, having white, wooly leaves and small, purple flowers in dense whorls.

British Dictionary definitions for lamb's ears

lamb's ears

noun

(functioning as singular) a perennial herb, Stachys lanata, planted for its foliage, which is covered with white woolly down; the purplish or striped flowers are small Also called: lamb's tongue, (Scot) lamb's lugs